A mum claims her 11-year-old daughter ‘nearly died’ after doctors allegedly dismissed her burst appendix as a 'tummy bug’ for THREE WEEKS.

Daizy Adams first began complaining of stomach pains just before she went on holiday to Spain on July 27, according to mum, Sharyn Partridge.

As the little girl’s symptoms worsened, she began experiencing shocking weight loss leaving her as ‘weak as an 80-year-old’.

Yet the youngster was apparently discharged from Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, on Aug 8 with gastroenteritis after out-of-hours service Devon Doctors had also allegedly told her she had the sickness bug.

But a week later, mum-of-two Sharyn says her daughter begged doctors to let her be kept in Derriford Hospital – where the true devastating cause of her illness was finally discovered.

Daizy required emergency surgery to repair her bowel and flush the life-threatening infection from her body, after it emerged that her appendix had exploded and was 'nowhere to be seen'.

Daizy Adams first began complaining of stomach pains just before she went on holiday to Spain (Image: Mercury Press)

Sharyn, 41, from Plymouth, Devon, said: “Daizy’s never ill. She was complaining about having a sore stomach and feeling poorly on the evening of July 27, the day before she was going on holiday with her dad.

“I thought she was just nervous about the flight. She’d thrown up five times on the way to the airport.

“Her dad had taken her to see a doctor in Spain on Aug 1, and they’d been told it was just a bug and she’d probably get better in a couple of days.

“Her dad’s girlfriend took her straight to Devon Doctors’ Derriford Treatment Centre when they got back on Aug 4, and they said it was gastroenteritis as well.

“But when I picked Daizy up from her dad’s the next day, I cried. She looked like she was anorexic.

“Her bones were sticking out. She looked like she’d lost a couple of stone.

“She was saying to me, ‘Mum, I don’t want to look at myself.’

“I took her home and she was just lolling on the sofa. It wasn’t right, it wasn’t like her at all. She’s usually a maniac, she a very hyperactive kid. She was last ill four years ago with a urine infection.

“I was absolutely heartbroken to see her like that, with the weight loss. It was so hard to see her like that.

“I had to take her to the toilet – she was like an 80-year-old woman, she’d be bent over.

“She complained of a constant dull ache that would spike every now and again.”

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By Aug 15, Sharyn still did not believe her daughter had a tummy bug, and after another call to Devon Doctors at 10pm they were back in Derriford Hospital.

But even then there appeared to be confusion, with doctors apparently then diagnosing Daizy with an ovarian cyst before surgery revealed an infection attacking her bowel – and her appendix nowhere to be seen.

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Sharyn said: “Daizy hates doctors and anything like that, but even she was telling them, ‘I need to stay here – you need to keep me in this time.’ She knew she needed to be there.

“They kept her in and did an ultrasound, and the doctor said, ‘I can see why Daizy’s in pain.’

“Then they called a gynaecologist, and we were told they believed she has an ovarian cyst and that they needed to operate.

“Daizy was worried and said to me, ‘What if I can’t have children?’ I told her it would be okay and put her mind at ease.

“She went into surgery, she’d been in there for over an hour and I’d started to wonder what was going on.

“Then one of the surgeons came out and told me something very serious was going on and that a tummy specialist had been called.

“I told them to do everything they can, I need my baby to come back to me. She was in surgery for five hours, I’ve never seen so many people operating on someone. I was absolutely devastated.

“The surgeon said in 30 years they have never seen anything like that. Her appendix was nowhere to be seen, just pockets of puss with infection, and the infection had started to attack her bowel so they had to repair it.

“They had to wash her out to try and get rid of the infection.

“From then on the doctors were fantastic. I was so relieved I hugged the surgeons.

“When she came out she was in intensive care. She looked peaceful but she was on a ventilator. They told me it would be a shock to see her, but said to talk to her because she’d be able to hear me.”

Following the surgery, Sharyn says they were blue-lighted to the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, where she stayed in recovery from Aug 17 to Sep 8, when she was finally allowed home.

DAIZY ADAMS (Image: Mercury Press)

Still very weak, Sharyn says her daughter is started to realise extent of her ordeal – and is very angry with the doctors who missed her diagnosis.

And a relieved Sharyn claims the outcome could have been very different if she had not kept insisting that there was something else wrong with her girl.

Sharyn said: “She has to take five lots of medication a day. She’s getting better, she moves very slowly and she’s very weak. She weighs five-and-a-half stone. We’re just trying to build her back up.

“I think what happened is beginning to hit her now. She panics about her scar, but I tell her that scar saved her life and that it’s a special scar.

“She could have died if I hadn’t called the doctor’s again when I did.

“She’s very wary of doctors now, she’s very angry at them. And she’s been begging me not to take her back to Derriford.

“I was very angry at the doctors. I nearly lost my daughter. I’m still angry now. They did not see that she had a dangerous infection.

“As a parent, you don’t give in. You know your child best, you know them the most. I’m not one to take them to the doctor’s willy-nilly – but I knew she wasn’t right.”

Daizy Adams first began complaining of stomach pains just before she went on holiday to Spain on July 27, according to mum, Sharyn Partridge.

A Spokesperson for Devon Doctors said: “We are very sorry to hear of Daizy’s plight, however unfortunately we are unable to comment on individual cases.”

A spokesperson for the NHS, speaking on behalf of all the organisations involved, said: “Daizy has clearly been very unwell recently and has been through a difficult time. We are very sorry for any distress caused to Daizy and her family.

"Although no formal complaint has been received, contact has been made with the family by the different organisations and we will be thoroughly reviewing the concerns raised and if, moving forward, there is any learning to be taken from it then we will absolutely ensure this occurs.”

A spokesperson for NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group said: “We are sorry to hear about the distress that Daizy and her family have experienced.

“NHS England are the organisation responsible for commissioning GP practices in the Plymouth area and we understand that they are responding to the concerns raised.”